Hi all, I have come across a few uncommon disks in some I was sorting out recently. Any assistance in thier identification would be helpful.
First a Turk volunteer I think (does anyone know why it says JANOW?):
Hi all, I have come across a few uncommon disks in some I was sorting out recently. Any assistance in thier identification would be helpful.
First a Turk volunteer I think (does anyone know why it says JANOW?):
Next WMA Schweidnitz number 361 anyone know what this is?
This disk looks exactly like a WW1 type but it is aluminum and from volgagrad, any idea what this guy was doing or why there is no unit?
5. Fl. A.R. 11 Schonw. (is it 5. something Artillery Regiment 11 What is Schonw.)?
Ok and Last
8008 Fr.
?ol. Waffenschule I Dresden
"WMA Schweidnitz" means Wehrmeldeamt Schweidnitz [= military draft board Schweidnitz]. Schweidnitz is the German name for Świdnica in Lower Silesia, today Poland.
Not a guy: Hedwig is female first name. Apparently some sort of auxiliary.
That would be the Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 11 [airmen training regiment 11] at Schönwalde.
That's the Polizei-Waffenschule I [Police Weapons School I] at Dresden-Hellerau.
As for the first one, I can't come up with a definitive explanation of the abbreviation, but if I absolutely had to make a guess, I think a plausible explanation for "MSCHB" could be Marschbataillon [personnel replacement transfer battalion]. [EDIT: That was rubbish. Forget the last sentence and see post # 8 for the real explanation!]
Thanks for your insight, I appreciate it!
Do you think it would really be : Marschbataillon battalion?
Forget my first theory... I've got it now!
I really should have taken a closer look at the disc. It does not say "MSCHB" - It says "NSCHB" for Nachschub [= supply].
As for the "TURK" and the "JANOW": Nachschub-Bataillon 522 included 2 Turkistani companies; Janów in the then-Generalgouvernement was the battalion's garrison. See:
Nachschub-Bataillon 522 - Lexikon der Wehrmacht (German language)
Wow thanks! you really helped me out.
5 for 5- very good Mr. Lovecraft
The 'Fr.' on the Polizei-Waffenschule disc is just for 'Freiwilliger'
Ohhhhh- pillage then burn...
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